AMEN.
I am 74 & have been around racing since I was 17.
I have known a great many drivers in many types of auto racing.
I have NEVER know a single driver who expected to have to deal with a PEDESTRIAN on the track.
Especially with a Winged Sprint car-—the wing cuts off the view to the side.
I am sorry this kid is dead.
However, Tony Stewart isn’t one bit responsible for hitting him.
The kid chose to walk into traffic—something we all have been warned about since we could toddle.
IF this writer thinks that this kid was trained & raised under the tutelege of Stewart—had he lived, would he have done the same thing to a PEDESTRIAN on the track????
Crucifying Tony over this is just plain wrong, IMO.
Don’t forget that the pedestrian SOUGHT OUT Stewart’s car. This wasn’t a guy trying to get across the track to escape harm. Other cars were able to avoid him because he didn’t want to get in their faces. He wanted to get in Stewart’s face.
The pedestrian was an experienced, proficient racer with 3 or 4 years experience in these cars on these kind of tracks.
And we STILL have professional sports talkers proudly demonstrating their ignorance on the subject, even after plenty of time to do homework.